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correctness of Mr . Davy ' s experiments , will be gratified by the perusal of thfc following extract of a ^ e&ei * * ju < t received by Profes ^ o ^ ^ iiliman , qf tfiis toWn , front a' gentleman in ^ parp ^ l ^ m w hich- it appeals that ; thes £ . ty ? cpVaries , & important to . physical scjesce * ars , qonfirmed by $£ 4 rst cTicnai ^ pf France . ; _
" I lately receded a letter . from , S ; r Charles 3 kg 4 w , 9 ' f Xondon t m whiqh * he give ? an accottufc of an important chemical discovery , whicK &tfr . k Davy has recently made . This indefa ^ Jgabfe professor has , by means of Volta ' s gal-Yank pile , discover ^ t ; he basis of
potash a , n , d soda . " The French chemists with eagerijes * causfct tfyU intelligence , repeated fche necessary experiments , and ( foun 4 a ret suit similar to t ; hat of JWr . 1 } avy . ^ The d iscovery of this ne \ f Upk j'p the chain of physical ^ ciejice ^ was ipr-soms tim # the principal topic of converaation amphg the § avans of Parfes , The iroeresi i $ ex ^ cited reached even the palace , and the ,
pmperjqr qrder ^ d M . X * uy t + ussae , one q ( Ae most persevering and distinguish ^ ed experimexital chemists of * .. ^ | 3 € : ? to go o ver the v prqe ^ ss pf Mir . Davy in Ms present Tfe , success VSp ? s ^ ttt ^ foqtory to ; hi ^ noaje ^ fy , jiai lip ^ mj ^ ts
oracrtp encourage , th ^ c h ^ w e ^ tr perirneixts of ^ 4 ; hi& n ^^ wre , ^ ' a ^ sed 5 . ;^^ an 4-m © rQ ^ % gedg $$ vx # f ^ RR fff ti ^ to be-pin ! c > ase 4 foT-ijMjir u ? ie , ^ tt he jx ^ i ^ expentx .- ~ But ' $$ . < aj ^ Earajti ^ j ^ n ^ found to be unnecessary . / r .
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A ne > v path of discovery having been opened in the ag ^ etteiea- of the Electrical Battery of Volta , Wfcic !^ proxnises to lead to the greatest * " Improvement ^ in chemistry and natural . philosophy , a © 4 tne useful arjs connected ^ v ii n the m 5
« nd the increase of the ai * c of the ap-Jiaratus b ^ iin ^ n ^ s ^ arj ^^ ptouihg it to iu fulj -ex ^ en ^ t * it fa * pr « Qpo ^ ed . jo raise a fund Wspb&criptloii ^ ^ for coniStfUctinff 4 pdwerful fyaWsf , V . ^ fl 1 ^ % ' ^ tlon ^ ^ sublishmentr , and capable of promoting 1 the great ojbjjejfiy pf »^ ctij : e ^ - Already ; ipVpjtJi ^ < GOU ^ tjr ^ 8 pw ^ Jic aqd
ample meuns havo bean Iprovicjed for PWK rt W- ^ Vest ^ at % 5 . They pavQ hm ismr origin in this country . 5 9 ty& it would * be dishonotirable to a ha-¥ ty > $ * fiir « 4 t , so powerful t and » o ftcfo if horn , the want of pecuniary recourse ^ t ?* y ' ih $ )*\ $ JicxonipMtcq abf 9 a 4 f
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" Messrs . Thinard and puy J-us ^ aq hrfve tieeii able , afte ^ torturing ijtese substances m a variety of ways , to d p * epmj ^ o ^ e them . Ymb ° W 't ^ f , ^ ° C ^ 1-^ an ^ sn ^ . The 4 e * ooTOosjjtion is , ^^ ei ;^ by cf > pibining tbese aq ^ afies vvi ^ - ' ^ Mrbofli and . irpp , by , m ^ ans of a very high tem ~
peraitiv ,. From a gq $ y binatioa rf 4 ^ ur » b ^ p ^ ^ ncl pfn-r ^ sh « r . sofJ 4 > , resulu a bbek inass ^ which § u 44 ei ^ ly i p flajme ^ when put ii > contact with % l } e pir , or plumcid
in water , / € < These two chetnis ^ s have already submitted these metal / J 59 a number of intare ^ ting experimen t ^ , th ^ je ^ ult jq £ which wfll soon bc . rna ^ ie pi ^ blU . vMuck
is e ^ pe <; t 4 d jj-pnx their coast an t and well directed labours , an / d uw 3 ( eeii iti ^§ e « e « , rally believed here , that this & \ covexy will gradually lead to others of equal or perhaps superior importance . * As the metals of pot-ash and soda can be easily prpxureii , at least fqt all kinds of experiments , the relations whiqh , tl | ey sustaia will farm
to other su ^^ tanc ^ a a xa ^ w an 4 useful subject for chemical uive $ ti g ^ - tiop- X « JU j ^ ^ Jr . ) ayy > ppUiip ^ a ^ hat ^ x « different earths consists of ba *^ of a peculiar metallic nature , haying a . jqpry s | r 9 ng affinity fpr oxygen , % wuting With Wuch 4 hey fqrna fboMr , earths re * tht
s $$ ct ) iv $ y . *^ I £ & beU ^ ve « ^ fe fta * . a , l ^ r ^^ fcf W ^ P-VAsit ^ r-fer . ^ ? ^*?^» ff e -of the ^ al Y ^ s ^ t ^ e ba ^ . of t ^ o ^ ie calR ed oarytes *\ , : ; . V , - : .- ' > . :- ;;^ . , " - - -
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An appeal t& enlighten ad In dividual * on this subject can seareely ^ he made in vain . 1 % is prpiio ^ ed , that the instrument and apparatus be erected in the Xljbpjatory of i tihe . Royal Institution , yiAm } ; ' 6 jgpa ) l he eniplpye ^ l for the acW vancehient of this new depwtment of - ^ . ierifc ^ ' " '" ' '; ¦ ¦ * ' ¦ ' ¦ ' " ' ¦ " •^ % m ¦ Ciiit-ij a \ T& € ^ biove paper having ^ li ^ ea laid per of the
foi ^' tfhe board ma « Jaj [ ef ^ Qf R < qrai X ^^ l ^/ t ^ cy fceMnftft * in ^ RFiW ^ ble . . duty m ^ antly to communicate the sj £ m £ t 6 ' every men ^ ber . bf ' the Roya } -Itt'j . § titutxqB , l < 5 ? t , thfi mgb& (® t d&uy jm&H furnish an opportunity to qther countrio * fi ^ r ^ ccoxiipjishl ^ fe thk ^^^ orjft ; , > $$$$ origtrmted in the Hriiliant di ^ vaverjc * at
rect ^ tly made ^ the ^ qy ^ Irwtimtion . ¦ # ; y ^ * 8 a § , . ^ , " : ; - ^ ' ; V , , . , ( . / frt , - ' «? . •• ' '
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Intelligence . ;—Royfl ? Institution , 575
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1808, page 575, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2397/page/51/
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